2011 – Page 98 – Guyana Times International

Guyana’s 45th Independence celebrated with Toronto festival

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir and Guyana’s High Commissioner to Canada, Harry Narine Nawbatt, jointly cut the ceremonial ribbon to declare open Guyana’s 45th Independence Anniversary celebration in Canada over the weekend. Just prior to the ribbon cutting, Minister Nadir delivered the keynote address. The minister, in his address to the gathering, acknowledged the contribution of the Sawh family to Guyana, and the ultimate sacrifice of the late Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, who is to be posthumously awarded Guyana’s Cacique’s Crown of Honour. The minister spoke of the close ties between…

Jagdeo joins board of Global Green Growth Institute

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– calls institute “a new way of helping developing countries” President Bharrat Jagdeo has accepted an invitation to join the Board of Directors of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and on June 19, the president attended a meeting of the board in Seoul, South Korea. GGGI is dedicated to pioneering a new model of economic growth – “green growth” that aligns work to address poverty reduction, job creation, and social inclusion with work that addresses environmental sustainability, such as mitigation of climate change and biodiversity loss, and security of…

JOPP coalition to be launched this week

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) is set to launch its coalition on Friday. Its features are an agreed presidential candidate, one manifesto, one symbol, and one campaign. Guyana Times International understands that the name of the coalition and its symbol, among other things, have already been finalized, and the grouping of five political parties is just waiting to reveal these on Friday. Dr Rupert Roopnarain, Leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), a participating member of the JOPP, has said that the grouping has so far decided on a ‘leadership…

U.S. commits to addressing criminal deportee issue

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on June 22 met with Caricom ministers to reaffirm the Caribbean-U.S. partnership in several key priority areas, including the reduction of drug trafficking and repatriation of criminal deportees from Washington to the Caribbean. According to a State Department statement, the meeting, which was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, addressed the common challenges as outlined a year ago in Barbados, when the two sides met and served as an opportunity to review the progress made in the past year, and discuss the road forward.…

Dravid masterclass puts India on top

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

On a Sabina Park track with plentiful turn and unpredictable bounce, Rahul Dravid gave a resounding reminder of his value to the side with his 32nd Test century, which put India on top in Jamaica. After his painstakingly constructed innings left West Indies an exacting target of 326, the home side’s openers began the pursuit with an exhilarating flurry of strokes before a pair of superb catches slowed West Indies’ charge. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Darren Bravo resisted for the final hour to keep the home side’s hopes alive. Dravid, the…

WICB issues statement on meeting with Chris Gayle

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Kingston, Jamaica – Following is a statement from the West Indies Cricket Board on the meeting with Chris Gayle: On Tuesday, June 14, Chief Executive Officer of the WICB, Dr Ernest Hilaire; Director of Cricket, Anthony Howard; Head Coach Ottis Gibson, and Team Manager Richie Richardson met with Chris Gayle in Kingston. Gayle was accompanied at the meeting by West Indies Players Association President and CEO Mr. Dinanath Ramnarine, and WIPA Vice President Wavell Hinds. The WICB team outlined to Gayle that the board has had issues historically in communicating…

Olympic Day Badminton tourney on Saturday

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Olympic Association’s (GOA) Olympic Day Under- 15 Badminton Championship will be staged on June 25 at the Queen’s College Badminton Courts, commencing at 10:30h. Entries close on June 24 and can be submitted to any member of the Guyana Badminton Association. The categories to be contested are Boys’ and Girls’ Singles, Boys’ and Girls’ Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. Among the favourites to win their respective categories are Narayan Ramdhani and Greer Jackson. Meanwhile, the GBA 15-member Junior team will be attending the XX Pan American Junior Badminton Championships,…

Ban Ki-moon wins second term as UN SG

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon has been re- elected to serve a second five-year term, in a vote at the UN General Assembly in New York. Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, was the only candidate after the UN Security Council unanimously recommended his re-election. Critics say he is too deferential to major powers, but he has won praise for his policies on climate change and the protests sweeping the Middle East. He took over the UN in 2007. His second term will formally begin on January 1,…

World’s oceans in ‘shocking’ decline

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The world’s oceans are in a worse state than previously suspected, according to an expert panel of scientists. In a new report, they warn that ocean life is “at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history”. They concluded that issues such as over-fishing, pollution and climate change are acting together in ways that have not previously been recognised. The impacts, they say, are already affecting humanity. The panel was convened by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO), and…

TT private sector group urges swift appointment of Caricom SG

June 24, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Tuesday called on regional governments to fill the position of Caricom secretary general. In a statement read on its radio programme in TT, the private sector group said that it has been more than six months since Trinidad and Tobago national Sir Edwin Carrington stepped down as secretary general and regional leaders are still unable to name a re placement. Sir Edwin, 72, who served in the post for 18 years, has since been appointed Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador to…